Folding-bed couch



M. SHERMAN.

FOLDING BED COUCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 191a.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

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MOSES SEIERMAN, 0E ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Moses SHERMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have inventedan Improvement in Folding-Bed Couches, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to couches and folding beds. It has for itsobjects to produce an article of furniture of this character, combiningwith a couch or divan, a fold-able trundling frame which may be placedthereunder, out of the way when not in use, and constituting a bed inextended condition; to secure simplicity and compactness of structureand ease of operation; and to attain certain other advantages as willhereinafter more fully appear.

The invention consists in the parts and in the combinations andarrangements of parts hereinafter described and set forth withparticularity in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating a practical embodiment of theinvention,.-

Figure 1 is a view with the end panel of the divan removed and the backframe thereof in section, and showing the seatand back inend elevation,and also showing the foldable trundling bed-frame in end elevation asfolded and placed out of the way under the seat;

' Fig. 2 is a detail View on an enlarged scale, of the trundling frameas folded and in section; v

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view of the frame, showing the relativepositions of certain parts thereof in its openedcondition; and a I Fig,1 is a fragmentary View showing the stop for limiting the outwardposition of the frame.

, Referring now to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates the end paneland 2 the back panel of the box-frame of the divan. Attached to theendpanels, as by bolts 3, is

.'the seat-frame 4 having the usual upholstered cushion 5 thereon.Pivoted on the end panels, as at 6, is the upholstered back 7 which isspaced from the back panel 2 and rests with its lower end portionagainst stop members 8 on the seat-frame 4:, thereby providing acompartment 9 for the storage of bed clothing, access beinghad to saidcompartment by swinging the back 7 upward as shown by the dotted linesin Fig. 1.

Beneath the seat-frame 4 is a foldable Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

1918. Serial No. 233,470.

trundling bed-frame comprising a panel or front board 10 serving as aremovable finishing panel for the box-frame of the divan when thefoldable trundling frame is placed under the seat and as a support forsaid frame in its extended condition.

On the inner face of said panel 10, near the ends thereof, are parallelangle members 11 to which are pivotally'attached hinged members12, alsoof angle section. Attached to said hingemembers 12 is a supporting framecomprising a T-shape end frame and an angle-shape cross member 13, thestem of the T 14 and the cross-head 15 thereof being also of anglesection, and said stem and head being braced by the diagonal connectingmember 16.

livoted to the cross-heads 15, as at 17, are the side rails 18 of one ofthe folding sections of the bed-frame, said rails being preferably ofangle section as are substantially all the othermembers of the frame.The opposite end portions of the rails 18 are pivotally attached, as at19, to a supporting frame comprising the end members 20 and crossconnecting members 21 and. 22, the one, 21, being of angle section, andthe other, 22, being a flat bar.

On the free .endsof the members 20 are angle-pieces 23 which straddlethe upstanding flanges of the side rails 2st of a basef anie whose outerendportions are riveted tothe lower end portions of the members 11 onthe panel 10, while their inner end portions are attached to a crossmember 25.

In the collapsed or folded condition of the frames, the pieces 23 reston said upstanding flanges of the rails 24, while the rails 18 rest withtheir horizontal flanges on the horizontal flanges of the members 20(see Figs. 1 and 2), thereby affording a support. In the openedcondition of the frames, as shown by the dotted lines in F 1, the pieces23 are engaged in notches26 provided therefor in saidupstanding flangesof the rails 24:.

Pivoted on the cross-heads 15 of the T- frames, as at 27, is a secondfolding frame comprising the side rails 28 and the end member 29. Theframes 18 and 28, which are hinged on the opposite ends of thecrossstems 14 of the T-frames, as at 84. By this arrangement, the legmembers 31 lie alongside of the vertical flanges of the rails 28 inangles to the rails 28 and are steadied by the bars 33, when the frameis in opened condition.

To limit the outward position of the baseframe, the panels lare providedwithsuitable stops for engagement by'the end member 25 of said baseframe. As shown, these stops may comprise bracket members 36-havingoffset end portions 37 projecting into the path of said end member 25and, obviously, to facilitate moving the frame, therails 28 are providedwith suitable casters or rollers 38 which rest on the floor the same asthe casters 39 which'are provided on the boxframe of the divan proper.It is also obvious that the base-frame may, if desired,

: be mounted to slide on some suitable supporting guide'\vay' on the endpanels 1.

From the foregoing it is noted that the invention coinprehends astructure which may be used as an ordinary divan or couch, and it may bereadily converted into a fullsize bed. Any suitable foldable bed-bottomfabric may be conveniently supported from the horizontal flanges of therespective frame members 15,18 and 28, and the pad or mattress 40 (seeFig. 1) may be readily folded therewith.

To open the trundling section of the device, it is only necessary tofirst move out the base to its full extent and then swing up the upperfolding frame and thence outward and downward, causing the T-frame toswing up to the vertical position, 'as'best shown in Fig. 3, duringwhich time the inner end of the lower folding frame will be lifted untilthe'pieces 23 are brought into engagement with the notched portions 26of the.

rails 24 of the base-frame. As the upper folding frame is brought downto horizontal position, the leg members 31, through the pivotal linkconnections 38, right themselves to vertical position so as to rest onthe floor to support the foot of the bed; and as the base-frame is heldfrom further outward movement by the stops 37 which are engaged by theend member'25, the-inner folding frame cannot collapse as long as thesupporting frame is engaged with the notches26 of thebase-frame, butwill tend to abut the seats of the divan proper.

To fold back or collapse the frames for replacement under the divanseat, it is only the spirit of the invention as defined by the appendedclaims, and it is, therefore, not

limited to that shown in the drawings."

What is claimed is:

1. In a foldable bed-frame'comprising a base} frame, a supporting framehinged thereon, and two opposed bed-frames hinged on said supportingframe, one of said opposed bed-frameshaving foldable supporting legsadapted to support the same in opened position, a folding supportingframe hinged on the other of said bedframe s,'said foldin 3111011111frame bein ada ated to O C D rest on said base-frame and support saidbedframe in collapsed position and being adapt ed to engage saidbase-frame to support said bed-frame in opened position, and .means onsaid base-frame adapted to cooperate with the free end of said foldingsupporting frame for preventing accidental disengagement of said foldingsupporting frame from said base-frame when saidbed-frame is in openedposition.

2. In a device of a divan or thelike, and a; foldable trundle bed-framemovable in collapsed position under the seat of said diva-n andoperating in'open position to constitute a bed with said seat, saidtrundle bed-frame comprislng a base-frameprovlded with'notched portions,a T-frame hinged on said base-frame,

and two bed-frameshinged respectively on the opposite ends of thecross-headof said T-frame, one of'said bed-frames having foldable legsadapted to support said frame in open position,'and a supporting framepivotally connected to the other of'said bed;

the character described,

frames, said supporting frame being adapted to rest on said base-frameand support said bed-frame in collapsed position and being adapted toengage the notched. portions of said base-frame andrigidly support saidbed-frame in opened position.

Signed at St. Louis, Missouri, this third day of May, 1918.

' MosEs VQSHERVMAN.

